THE CALL
(TELEFONUL)
Year
2018
Runtime
10 mins
Language
Romanian, English
Alberta Premiere
This short film is included in the following package(s): SHORTS PACKAGE: SCRIBBLED AND DRAWN
An elderly woman takes a bath. Upon entering the water, a new world is revealed. A nearby phone connects her with her son and is the only link to the real world.
Countries
Romania- Festivals
- 2018, 1. Annecy International Animated Film Festival, 2018 (June 11 - 16) – Official Competition, 2. Animator 2018, Poznan IAFF (Jul 6 - 12) – Official Competition, 3. Toronto International Film Festival, 2018 (Sept 6 - 16) – Short Cuts, 4. Message to Man IFF St Petersburg, Rusia 2018 (Sept 15 - 22) – International Competition, 5. Animasyros IAF + Agora, Grecia 2018 (Sept 26 - 30) – International Competition Section, 6. Animest Bucharest 2018 (Sept 28 - Oct 7) – Competition, 7. TIAF Taiwan (Taighung IAF) 2018 (Oct 11 - 16) – International Short Film Competition, 8. BIAF (Bucheon IAF) Korea 2018 (Oct 19 - 23) – Official Selection Short, 9. FILMETS Badalona Film Festival 2018 (Oct 19 - 28) – Official Selection, 10. Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2018 (Oct 22 - 28) – International Competition, 11. ReAnimania International Animation and Comics Art Festival - Yerevan, Armenia 2018 (Oct 28 - Nov 3), 12. Dok Leipzig 2018 (Oct 29 - Nov 4) – International Programme, 13. Leeds International Film Festival 2018 (Nov 1 - 15) – World Animation Competition, 14. Manchester Animation Festival 2018 (Nov 13 - 15) – OFF Competition, 15. CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival of Espinho, Portugal, 2018 (Nov 12 - 18) – Official Selection, 16. POFF Shorts (Black Nights) Estonia 2018 (Nov 20 - 28) – POFF Shorts Animation Competition, 17. interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin 2018 (Nov 20 - 25) – International Competition, 18. LIAF London International Animation Festival 2018 (Nov 30 - Dec 9) – Competition, 19. FICA 30th Aguilar de Campoo International Short Film Festival 2018, Palencia – Spain (Dec 4 - 9) – Short film competition, 20. Animateka International Festival 2018 (Dec 3 - 9) – Animateka Eastern and Central European Competition Programme II, 2019, 21. Sundance Film Festival 2019 (Jan 24 - Feb 3) – Short Film Section, 22. VOID International Animation Film Festival Copenhagen 2019 (Jan 24 - Feb 2) – Short film competition, Shorts III, 23. Annual Copenhagen Film Festival 2019 (Mar 15 - 16) – Best Animated Film (Short), 24. ANIMAC 2019, Lleida Spain (21-24 feb 2019) – CURTS 2 official selection, 25. FICCI 2019 - Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias (Mar 6 - 11) – Official Selection, Competition, 26. Festival d'un Jour Bourg-lès-Valence, France 2019 (Mar 18-23) – Soirée de clôture, 27. MONSTRA 2019 - Lisbon Animation Festival (20-31 mar 2019) – Short Film Competition, 28. Hong Kong IFF 2019 (Mar 18 - Apr 1) – Short Film Competition, 29. Underexposed Film Festival yc 2019 (Mar 27 - 30) – Official Selection, 30. Go Short – International Short Film Festival, Nijmegen 2019, The Netherlands (Apr 3 - 7), 31. Florida Film Festival 2019 (Apr 12 - 21) – International Animated Shorts Program, 32. ITFS 2019 - Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film 2019 (Apr 30 - May 5) – Panorama Program, 33. SEEfest 2019 – South East European Film Festival Los Angeles (May 1 - 8) – Official Competition, 34. Anifilm 2019 - International Festival of Animated Films, Trebon, Czech Republic (May 7 - 12) – Short Film Competition, 35. 2019 IFFNY – Independent Filmmakers’ Festival in New York (May 17 - 21) – Competition Program, 36. SIFF 2019 – Seattle International Film Festival (May 23 - 27) – ShortsFest Weekend, 37. Imaginaria 2019 – 17th International Animated Film Festival - Conversano, Italia (Aug 19 - 24) – International Animated Films Competition, 38. Romanian Filmmakers’ Union – UCIN Gala 2019 (May 27) – Short Film Competition, 39. 2019 KloosterKino - Nijmegen, the Netherlands (June 1), 40. Transylvania Film Festival – TIFF 2019 (Mai 31 – June 9) – Romanian Days: Short Film Competition, 41. EIFF 2019 – 73rd Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 19 - 30) – International Short Film Official Selection, 42. MIAF 2019 – Melbourne International Animation Festival (July 13-21) – International Competition, 43. FESTIVALUL DE FILM INDEPENDENT ANONIMUL 2019 (Aug 5 - 11) – Romanian Short Film Competition, 44. 18°Concorto Film Festival 2019 (Aug 17-24), Pontenure & Piacenza, Italy - Competition, 45. ANIMANIMA 2019 - International Animation Festival (Sept 4 – 7) - Competition Programme, 46. 40TH Durban International Film Festival, South Africa (July 18-28) – Official selection, 47. ANIMIX Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel (July 30 – Aug 3), 48. 12th FICBUEU International Short Film Festival, Bueu (Pontevedra, Spain) (Sept 6 – 14) – EXPERIMENTAL SECTION
- Director
- Anca Damian
- Producer
- Anca Damian
- Screenwriter
- Anca Damian
- Editor
- Ciprian Cimpoi
- Music
- Alexander Balanescu
- Cast
- Jean Marc Barr, Virginia Heath